The 4th season of agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has indeed been all over the place, but it’s been (arguably) the best one the show has ever done, and without any blatant connections to a Marvel Studios film. Sure there was Daisy Johnson’s Sokovia Accords hearing and Jeff Mace/The Patriot’s fame he got from being an “accidental hero” during U.N. attack (both being events from Captain America: Civil War) and the introduction of the mysterious Darkhold, a mystical book that delves into the same territory as Doctor Strange, but for the most part this season of AoS basically ran on its own steam. And, thanks to the assist by Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider and the amazing job by the show’s special effects team, the series has been all the better for it.
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When I was a young adult I craved finding classic comic book stories. Mostly for the artwork, I scoured many a dollar bin in my day looking for any comics I could find illustrated by the legends: Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, John Romita Sr., Gil Kane, John Buscema, John Byrne and of course, Steve Ditko.
Eventually I came across the reprints of the first few Spider-Man stories which featured Spidey taking on for the first time, famous rogues such as Chameleon, Lizard, Vulture, Electro and so on. Great stuff that I think everyone should have in their collections, but doubled up in the back of my reprint of the first ever Spidey story from Amazing Fantasy #15 telling the wall-crawler’s origin was the OTHER most popular character that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created together, Doctor Strange.
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